Chapter Thirty-Two: Jaxon

"What the hell just happened?" Ash whispers.

I shrug a little. "I have no idea but that bastard died screaming, so I don't really care," I growl.

"Fair enough," he mutters with a heavy sigh. "Are you doing okay?"

I find myself staring at the ground until it goes fuzzy. "I don't know," I admit.

He grabs my hand and interlaces our fingers, leaning his head on my shoulder. "Honestly that's probably a good thing," he murmurs.

Kaine suddenly walks toward us, his expression unreadable. "Thank you," he says with a tiny smile.

I frown. "For what?"

"Defending my mate's honor, what he said was―"

"Disgusting," I growl. "I know you would have done something too, but I just snapped. I mean you did the same for Ash and I yesterday."

"Yeah," he sighs. He looks like he's going to say something else but then he turns away and returns to his mate. Syrra is talking to my mother, both with broken smiles on their lips.

Peter's body st